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What do you need to quit?
I know, I know. When do I ever talk about quitting?
The truth is that we all do things that don’t serve us. I’m dealing with this now, as I seek to publish my first novel in the genre of women’s fiction. I’m comparing myself to other authors of women’s fiction. It would be so easy for me to look at Jennifer Weiner, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Emily Henry, Ali Hazelwood, or Lucy Score and think, “I’ll never be that successful.”
But why? What’s the point in doing that? How does comparing my beginning to their “middles” help me?
News flash: it doesn’t.
So I’m gonna stop doing it. And no, it won’t happen overnight, but I’m going to keep at it.
If you’re comparing yourself—whether to other moms or to women in your professional field—stop, mama.
You matter and you have something to offer this world. And I’m gonna keep telling you that until you believe it.
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